Today's post is all about adhesives. When I first got started scrapbooking, I didn't really think much about what to use to stick my photos and other decorations to the page. Glue is glue, right? Wrong.
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Monday, May 19, 2014
The Sticky on Adhesives: Memory Mondays #4
By Vicky Nardone
Today's post is all about adhesives. When I first got started scrapbooking, I didn't really think much about what to use to stick my photos and other decorations to the page. Glue is glue, right? Wrong.
These were my early tools for scrapbook adhesives - Elmers glue and glue sticks. And that's why I got results like the ones on the page in the right. I went through a phase where I printed all my pics out on regular letter paper because I didn't want to spend the money to buy photo paper. So between using letter paper and using elmers glue, the color from my background paper bled through and turned some of my photos green. Also, I don't know if you can tell but my photos are a bit of a wrinkled mess because I had a difficult time getting things I used the Elmers glue on to lay flat.
Today's post is all about adhesives. When I first got started scrapbooking, I didn't really think much about what to use to stick my photos and other decorations to the page. Glue is glue, right? Wrong.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
More Animal Cards
By Vicky Nardone
About a month or so ago I posted this giraffe birthday card that I made for my friend Bryan's birthday. I got into the animal theme so I made two more animal birthday cards for my friends' Chris and Katie's birthdays.
About a month or so ago I posted this giraffe birthday card that I made for my friend Bryan's birthday. I got into the animal theme so I made two more animal birthday cards for my friends' Chris and Katie's birthdays.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Giraffe Birthday Card
By Vicky Nardone
Our friend Bryan had a birthday last month. He had a party with a bunch of friends at one of our loal bars and I decided I needed to make him a card. A giraffe card to be exact. I had been eying this cute little guy on my Create A Critter cricut cartridge and I decided this would be the perfect time to use it.
Our friend Bryan had a birthday last month. He had a party with a bunch of friends at one of our loal bars and I decided I needed to make him a card. A giraffe card to be exact. I had been eying this cute little guy on my Create A Critter cricut cartridge and I decided this would be the perfect time to use it.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day 2013
By Vicky Nardone
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! I am not a mother to any human children yet, but I do have two little dogs and a kitty to call my own. My dog Piper left me a pile of poop in the corner today - not sure if that can really be called a Mother's Day present?
Anyway, for Mother's Day my husband and I did lunch with my mom. She wanted to have lobster at our place and she insisted on bringing them over herself. I made sides to go with them - garlicky green beans and golden potatoes. For dessert we had mint chocolate fudge cups which I will be sharing the recipe for with you later this week.
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! I am not a mother to any human children yet, but I do have two little dogs and a kitty to call my own. My dog Piper left me a pile of poop in the corner today - not sure if that can really be called a Mother's Day present?
Anyway, for Mother's Day my husband and I did lunch with my mom. She wanted to have lobster at our place and she insisted on bringing them over herself. I made sides to go with them - garlicky green beans and golden potatoes. For dessert we had mint chocolate fudge cups which I will be sharing the recipe for with you later this week.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Wedding Shower Card
By Victoria Nardone
My best friend from grammar school, Tricia is getting married this summer and today was her wedding shower. I am about to head out for her bachelorette party in about twenty minutes but I thought I'd get a quick post in to show you the card I made to go with her present which I will be sharing sometime in the next couple days.
Tricia and I were both only children and I think half of our childhoods were spent over at each others houses. We ended up going to different high schools and developing different groups of friends but we've still kept in touch and try to get together for dinner whenever we can fit it in. I'm so excited for her and her fiancee, Dan and can't wait for their wedding this summer. They're getting married on June 28th, 12 days after Matt and my one year anniversary.
My best friend from grammar school, Tricia is getting married this summer and today was her wedding shower. I am about to head out for her bachelorette party in about twenty minutes but I thought I'd get a quick post in to show you the card I made to go with her present which I will be sharing sometime in the next couple days.
Tricia and I were both only children and I think half of our childhoods were spent over at each others houses. We ended up going to different high schools and developing different groups of friends but we've still kept in touch and try to get together for dinner whenever we can fit it in. I'm so excited for her and her fiancee, Dan and can't wait for their wedding this summer. They're getting married on June 28th, 12 days after Matt and my one year anniversary.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
A Very Doggy Thank You
By Vicky Nardone
You may have seen my post last week about the wonderful Easter Gifts we got last week. Our puppies got some wonderful gifties (as did we!) from my parents-in-law and I wanted to send them a thank you card. I decided to make it doggie themed.
I had a set of animal print papers and I found one that looked like dalmatian spots and decided that one would be perfect! I found a dalmatian cutout on my favorite "Create A Critter" cartridge and I also found a great paw print ribbon from my stash. I did some accents on the collar and the letters with a silver gel pen and added a little rhinestone accent to the collar as well.
I had a set of animal print papers and I found one that looked like dalmatian spots and decided that one would be perfect! I found a dalmatian cutout on my favorite "Create A Critter" cartridge and I also found a great paw print ribbon from my stash. I did some accents on the collar and the letters with a silver gel pen and added a little rhinestone accent to the collar as well.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Monkeying (and puppying) around
By Vicky Nardone
My little cousin CC's birthday party is tomorrow. She's turning 6! I remember going over to my cousin Caron's house when CC was first born and she was sooo tiny. She's grown into quite the cute little girl from being quite the cute little baby. She and my other cousin Jilly were the flower girls in my wedding over the summer.
CC is the one with the brown hair and Jilly has blond hair. The wore little replicas of my dress.
My little cousin CC's birthday party is tomorrow. She's turning 6! I remember going over to my cousin Caron's house when CC was first born and she was sooo tiny. She's grown into quite the cute little girl from being quite the cute little baby. She and my other cousin Jilly were the flower girls in my wedding over the summer.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Go Wild!
By Vicky Nardone
I love mod podge! I recently heard about it from some friends and decided it sounded like something I must try. It's this sort of glue/sealer that you can put over pictures or magazine pages or whatever to adhere them to some kind of surface and the end result is really cool looking. I cannot wait to post the project I made with it over the weekend because it came out soooo good, but I am going to wait a couple days because it's a present I'm sending to one of our friends in the mail and I don't want the surprise to be ruined if she reads my blog.
I love mod podge! I recently heard about it from some friends and decided it sounded like something I must try. It's this sort of glue/sealer that you can put over pictures or magazine pages or whatever to adhere them to some kind of surface and the end result is really cool looking. I cannot wait to post the project I made with it over the weekend because it came out soooo good, but I am going to wait a couple days because it's a present I'm sending to one of our friends in the mail and I don't want the surprise to be ruined if she reads my blog.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Kitty Valentine
By Vicky Nardone
I have to start off this post with the gift I just got in the mail from my dad. He had ordered a knitting book I wanted off my Amazon wish list for Christmas and it somehow never got here. I ended up ordering it after Christmas before I found out that he had tried to send me a copy. Just today in the mail I got this replacement gift that he picked out for me:
We love Downton Abbey and when my dad was here visiting in November we watched an episode of Downton Abbey because he and his partner Louie like it too. Sybil was the nickname he gave me when I was a baby so this truly was the perfect gift. It's definitely going to get a lot of wear. I won't spoil any of this season for you if you haven't gotten to watch it yet but it's really good so far.
I have to start off this post with the gift I just got in the mail from my dad. He had ordered a knitting book I wanted off my Amazon wish list for Christmas and it somehow never got here. I ended up ordering it after Christmas before I found out that he had tried to send me a copy. Just today in the mail I got this replacement gift that he picked out for me:
We love Downton Abbey and when my dad was here visiting in November we watched an episode of Downton Abbey because he and his partner Louie like it too. Sybil was the nickname he gave me when I was a baby so this truly was the perfect gift. It's definitely going to get a lot of wear. I won't spoil any of this season for you if you haven't gotten to watch it yet but it's really good so far.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Valentine's Day Puppy
By Vicky Nardone
Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away and Matt is filming a music video tonight so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make his Valentine's day card.
I wanted to make him a puppy shaped card but I didn't have anything on any of my cricut cartridges for a puppy card so I had to improvise a little bit. I scoured my cartridges until I found a shape that I thought could work. The base of the card is actually a pumpkin card from the Mini Monsters Cartridge. I think it worked out fairly nicely although the puppy does have a weird sort of mohawk type thing going on on top of his head. Oh well - we've noticed that our dog Maggie gets a mohawk on her back and neck when she starts barking at something she sees outdoors. It's so funny - her hair stands up on end.
Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away and Matt is filming a music video tonight so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make his Valentine's day card.I wanted to make him a puppy shaped card but I didn't have anything on any of my cricut cartridges for a puppy card so I had to improvise a little bit. I scoured my cartridges until I found a shape that I thought could work. The base of the card is actually a pumpkin card from the Mini Monsters Cartridge. I think it worked out fairly nicely although the puppy does have a weird sort of mohawk type thing going on on top of his head. Oh well - we've noticed that our dog Maggie gets a mohawk on her back and neck when she starts barking at something she sees outdoors. It's so funny - her hair stands up on end.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Geeky Thank You Card
By Vicky Nardone
My family has belonged to a local theater group since before I was born. Every year at Christmas, some of the people in the group get together for a Christmas party. One of the hi-lights of the party is a White Elephant gift exchange. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, everyone anonymously brings a gift and then we draw numbers and go in order of our numbers for picking out gifts. Everyone has the option to either "steal" a gift that has already been opened from someone else or pick a new gift from under the tree. This year, my mom almost ended up with the picture to the left.
My family has belonged to a local theater group since before I was born. Every year at Christmas, some of the people in the group get together for a Christmas party. One of the hi-lights of the party is a White Elephant gift exchange. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, everyone anonymously brings a gift and then we draw numbers and go in order of our numbers for picking out gifts. Everyone has the option to either "steal" a gift that has already been opened from someone else or pick a new gift from under the tree. This year, my mom almost ended up with the picture to the left.
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